■ Chen Yongqiang's work "Chunshui Liaoren"
Hong Kong Wen Wei Po News (Reporter Xiao Fan) In recent years, contemporary Chinese ink painting has also been highly sought after by art enthusiasts at home and abroad. After long preparations, the "Famous Painter Fish Hall" in Covina, Los Angeles, USA will officially open to the public on June 15, 2016. This is the first permanent ink painting art exhibition in the United States dedicated to fish as a theme.
The "Famous Painter Fish Hall" collects the masterpieces of famous contemporary ink painters specializing in fish painting. According to the introduction, the carp painting masters exhibited in the hall have reached the highest level of national artists, first-class fine artists. The admission standard is based on whether the painter's paintings have international market value, with the auction price in the international market as the reference. If they have been awarded a national or world-recognized artistic level, honorary titles, or positions in art institutions, they are eligible for admission. If they have won famous awards or are collected in important halls, they belong to the national level and can also be admitted.
Currently, the "Fish Hall" exhibits masters such as Gao Jianfu, who has real international auction market value and is a world-renowned master of ink painting. Gao Jianfu is a famous modern Chinese painter, art educator, and one of the founders of the Lingnan School of Painting. He is known as one of the "Three Masters of Lingnan" along with Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren. Just like Guo Ruyu, who has real international auction market value. He is a national first-class fine artist, the dean of the Oriental Painting Art Academy, a true master, and is known as the "Three Excellences of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting," "Master of Ink Lotus," and "King of Oriental Carp." In 2005, he was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award for Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Artists" by the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Artists Association and other institutions. Wu Qingxia, who also has real international auction market value, is a national first-class fine artist, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a professor at Shanghai Normal University's Art Department, an academician of the European Academy of Italy, and excels in ink painting of carp. She takes fish as her teacher and captures their forms with great skill. She is known as "Carp Wu." Wang Gengxin's works also have real international auction market value. He is a famous Chinese painter, vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, vice chairman of the World Artists Association, and honorary dean of the Taipei Palace Museum Painting and Calligraphy Institute. He is known as the "King of Tigers and Fish" in the international art world. Chen Yongqiang, who has real international auction market value, is a national first-class fine artist, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, and an outstanding expert enjoying the special allowance from the State Council. He was awarded the title of "Outstanding People's Artist" in 2005. The most rare is that the "Famous Painter Fish Hall" also exhibits the "Dragon Carp Playing in the Lotus Pond" by H.H. the Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche, which has been evaluated as a masterpiece.
The "Famous Painter Fish Hall" will officially open at 10:00 am on June 15th and will be exhibited for a long time. It not only provides the public with a place to concentrate on the finest fish paintings by national-level artists (first-class fine artists), but also provides painting enthusiasts with the opportunity to learn and imitate painting. During the exhibition period, there is no admission fee, and people from all walks of life can visit for free. Ink painting enthusiasts and collectors can seize this opportunity to experience and appreciate the masterpieces on-site at 170 E. School Street Covina, CA91723, USA.